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Hypocholesterolaemic effect of banana (Musa sapientum L. var. Cavendishii) pulp in the rat fed on a cholesterol-containing diet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

T. Horigome ,
E. Sakaguchi  and
C. Kishimoto
T. Horigome
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700, Japan
E. Sakaguchi
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700, Japan
C. Kishimoto
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700, Japan
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The pulp of banana fruit (Musa sapientum L. var. Cavendishii) was examined for its cholesterol-lowering effect with male rats fed on a diet containing lard (50 g/kg) and cholesterol (5 g/kg). Freeze-dried banana pulp showed a marked cholesterol-lowering effect when incorporated into a diet at the level of 300 or 500 g/kg, while the banana pulp dried in a hot-air current (65°) did not. Starch and tannin prepared from banana pulp were not responsible for the cholesterol-lowering effect. The results also suggest that banana lipids did not affect the concentration of serum cholesterol. Feeding of dopamine, n-epinephrine and serotonin tended to raise the concentration of serum cholesterol. Thus, all the substances tested which were thought to be susceptible to influence by hot-air drying were unlikely to be responsible for the hypocholesterolaemic effect. However, both soluble and insoluble fibres fractionated from banana pulp had a cholesterol-lowering effect, with the exception of cellulose. It was assumed that a browning reaction undergone during hot-air drying might be related to the disappearance of the hypocholesterolaemic effect of banana pulp dried in a hot-air current. The results obtained support the conclusion that soluble and insoluble components of dietary fibre participate in the hypocholesterolaemic effect of banana pulp.

Keywords

BananaHypocholesterolaemic effectDietary fibreRat

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Type
Effects of Carbohydrates on Lipid Metabolism
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 231 - 244
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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